Additional Records of Fruit-Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India

Members of family Tephritidae include several economically important pest species across the globe. Various species of fruit fly cause damage to fruit and other plant crops, some fruit flies are used as agents of , thereby reducing the populations of pest species. Most fruit flies lay their eggs in plant tissues, where the larvae find their first food upon emerging. The adults usually have a very short lifespan.